BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A large sinkhole has formed in Bowling Green and crews are hard at work to fix it.

The sinkhole opened after works crews were repairing Single Tree Way on the city’s east side. This is the second sinkhole to open on the street in several months.

Public Works director Andy Souza said, “We’re calling this a 50-100 year fix. We’re hoping it stays that way for a long, long time.”

Originally, the sinkhole was only 12 by 12 feet, but they had to dig to almost 50 feet below the ground to discover where water was going.

According to Nick Lawhon, a geologist for Bowling Green Public Works, crews are putting rocks into the sinkhole, which will allow water to flow through, without collapsing the ground above it.

Lawhon said, “Dig down into it, get as much earth out of it as we can. Begin backfilling it with stone that’s large enough to bridge that gap, but not small enough to go down into it.”

According to Souza, this will make the hole act like a filter.

Souza said, “We want the water to go, but we don’t want anything to collapse.”

Crews are hoping to get the road repaired in the next couple of weeks, but for now they are asking people who don’t live in the area to stay clear of Single tree Way.

Bowling Green is all too familiar with significant sinkholes. Last year there was a sinkhole in the Briarwood neighborhood. They had the Dishman Lane sinkhole in 2001, the Corvette Museum sinkhole in 2014, and the Cumberland Trace sinkhole just last year.